Charles sneideb



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cHAELEs sNEiDEE, or NEW YoEE, N. Y., AssIGNoE r.ro PHILIPP HAKE, or

HoEoKEN, NEW JEEsEY'.

ENvELoPE on` F'OLDING CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 295,450, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed October 18, 1883.

To aZZ 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known thatl, CHARLES SNEIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelopes or Folding Cards, of which the following is' a specification, reference being had therein to the-ac companying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in envelopes of that class in which it is not desirable to cement the parts; and it is specially designed for circulars, wedding and other invitations, and for other like purposes.

The invention has for its objects to provide certain improved means whereby the parts of the envelope may be fastened together in a neat and ornamental manner, so that `they can be readily opened without destroying or defacing any part of the envelope, and refastened when desired, as more fully hereinafter specified.

In the drawings, Figure l represents aview of the blank from which my improved envelope is formed. Fig. 2 represents a view of the envelopecomplete and fastened; and Fig. 3 represents a sectional View of one of the iiaps, taken on the line a: x of Fig. 1, showing a portion of the fastening devices.

The letter A indicates a blank constructed of card-board, paper, or other material sufficiently stiff and rigid to permit portions of the same to be stamped up into the form of hooks, as hereinafter explained.

The blank may be of any suitable shape, as taste or fancy may dictate, and is provided with suitable folding flaps, which may be secured togetherby a lacing-cord or its equivalent, Vas more fully hereinafter shown.

In the present instance the blank consists of a rectangular body, a, having at the lower half lateral extensions b, which form the folding iiaps before mentioned. The upper half of said body is arranged to fold over the lower half on the line c, andthe lateral extensions to fold toward each other over the folded npper half on the lines d d. Near the edges of (No model.)

the iiaps the material of the envelope is cut or partially perforated, forming a series of tongues, e, which are bent outward, so as to constitute a series of fastening-hooks, over which the lacing g may be passed, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The blank, as before stated, may be made of any suitable material, and it is preferably u stamped or cut in onepiece entire from a sheet of thematerial.

The lacing may consist of a simple cord or t Wire, or, in lthe case of a fancy envelope or card-such as required for Weddings, .invitawritten or printed on the inside of the body;

or the envelope may be left plain, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and employed to hold an invitation or other matter, or a separate card or paper.

The manner of folding and securing the envelope .will be apparent from the above description, in connection with Fig. 2 of the drawings, and hence further description in that direction is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An envelope or folding card provided with folding iiaps having struck-up hooks near their dges, in` combination with a lacing adapted to be secured around said hooks, t'o hold the partsof the envelope together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. SN EIDER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL P. BELL, J. M. WALTER. 

